Did anyone ever think these two companies have been breaking the law?
Yes abortion is political however this raises an issue of illegal action. If government funds are being given to planned parenthood, whether directly or through the Cure foundation they still must comply with the purpose of those funds. If the funds are supposed to go towards breast exams, than they can't go for abortions, otherwise they are breaking the law. Both the Cure Foundation and Planned Parenthood would be held responsible.
There are strict accounting rules surrounding Governmental Accounting (Single Audit, also known as the OMB A-133) in which mandates that the accounting of government funds be accurately kept and support of where the funds are spent must be kept as well. Hiding it by mixing the funds into other bank accounts or through complicated transactions are NOT allowed. Normal practice is to use fund accounting.
I'm assuming that Planned Parenthood was using their funds for abortions even though its only 3% of the services they provide but because abortions account for a minimum of 17% to 34% of their revenue (based off of 2009 and 2010 financial reports) People don't have alot of faith in statistics so i would like to define the ones i've listed above (i.e. 17% and 34%).
Planned Parenthood had stated in their 2010 annual report there were 331,798 and 329,455 abortion procedures performed in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Abortion prices range around $500 (base price) to $1000 maybe even more. The revenue reported by planned parenthood was $997,300,000 and $969,900,000 for 2009 and 2010 respectively. If you take the amount of abortions and multiply it by the price for an abortion and divide it by the total revenue you will get the following.
If the Price of an abortion is $500
Abortion Revenue for 2009: 16.76% of total revenue
Abortion Revenue for 2010: 16.98% of total revenue
If the Price of an abortion is $1000
Abortion Revenue for 2009: 33.52% of total revenue
Abortion Revenue for 2010: 33.97% of total revenue
Don't be surprised if this issue is simply an illegal action being hidden by the social outcry of womens rights. Since abortions is a major line of business, not the 3% that is false advertised, the probability that government funds were used inappropriate is high. I wouldn't be surprised if Planned Parenthood is blackmailing the Cure Foundation by stating if we go down (ie lose funding), the Cure Foundation goes down with them.
This go round my donations will go straight to planned parenthood, and I hope others talk to those they care about like I have and they too send this years donations to an org. that helps everyone. Sometimes we cut the threads that hold us together and then we look back and wonder why. HOPE
The Susan G. Komen Foundation would appear to more into ego than reducing breast cancer. Instead of pushing cancer producing Mammography they should be trying to support totally safe thermal imaging. Every mammogram increases a women's odds of getting breast cancer between 1 and 2 %. And then after they get it, they zap them even more and wonder why it comes back!
As to birth control, is the Komen Foundation aware that childless women and those who have a first child after the age of 30, as well as those taking the contraceptive pill or hormone replacement therapy also experience a slight increase in risk to get cancer? With friends like this who needs enemies!
Let me speak for the people who agree with Komen because it originally de-funded the largest provider of abortions in the United States. I completely understand that Planned Parenthood offers greatly needed services in the area of breast health and screenings, and it is unfortunate that one less affordable option is available to women of low income. However, many people were thrilled that an organization dedicated to helping save lives stopped funding another organization which has taken over 300,000 lives a year. Komen's move, although it was a business move, to pro-lifers was a great step in the direction of showing abortion clinics and pro-choicers the fact that abortion will not stand in this country and continue to be so richly funded. I hope this threat, although short, made the founders and executives of Planned Parenthood really think.
skeezix06: you might want to rethink about the fact that over 50 million people have not been able to live because of planned parenthood. Babies feel pain starting at 12 weeks. You might want to rethink about the fact that most of those abortions occur at or later than 12 weeks and those babies feel every excrutiating second of that sharp knife cutting them up and being sucked out of the womb into a vaccum. You might want to rethink about the fact that partial birth abortions, permitted by Obama and performed by planned parenthood doctors include DELIVERING A LIVE BABY, stabbing him or her in the head with a pair of scissors, opening the scissors, and vaccuming the brain of the child out. Babies who survive this type of disgusitng act are brought to a vacant room in the clinics or hospitals to die of not being attended to. You might want to rethink about the fact that as an 18 year old, 1/3 of MY generation is not here. I stand up for them, and I am here to stay. With God on OUR side, who in THIS world could EVER stop us?? You rethink about that.
This is purely a political move. They're playing with people's lives here but their focus is on money/investments/profits.
I lost faith in SGK awhile ago - they've become a corporate giant, with skewed motives and a loss of their primary vision. They're more concerned with advertising and name branding than they are curing breast cancer.
There are other highly reputable organizations dedicated to finding a cure for cancer. I'd rather give my money to them than to fund the ubiquitous SGK.
Cutting funding to groups under investigation is fine. But when that "investigation" is courtesy of a far right wing Republican deciding he doesn't like Planned Parenthood, so he's going to just call for one, without any evidence of wrongdoing, then that's abuse of power by an elected official, clear and simple and Komen should have never condoned this illegal behavior.
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Yes abortion is political however this raises an issue of illegal action. If government funds are being given to planned parenthood, whether directly or through the Cure foundation they still must comply with the purpose of those funds. If the funds are supposed to go towards breast exams, than they can't go for abortions, otherwise they are breaking the law. Both the Cure Foundation and Planned Parenthood would be held responsible.
There are strict accounting rules surrounding Governmental Accounting (Single Audit, also known as the OMB A-133) in which mandates that the accounting of government funds be accurately kept and support of where the funds are spent must be kept as well. Hiding it by mixing the funds into other bank accounts or through complicated transactions are NOT allowed. Normal practice is to use fund accounting.
I'm assuming that Planned Parenthood was using their funds for abortions even though its only 3% of the services they provide but because abortions account for a minimum of 17% to 34% of their revenue (based off of 2009 and 2010 financial reports) People don't have alot of faith in statistics so i would like to define the ones i've listed above (i.e. 17% and 34%).
Planned Parenthood had stated in their 2010 annual report there were 331,798 and 329,455 abortion procedures performed in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Abortion prices range around $500 (base price) to $1000 maybe even more. The revenue reported by planned parenthood was $997,300,000 and $969,900,000 for 2009 and 2010 respectively. If you take the amount of abortions and multiply it by the price for an abortion and divide it by the total revenue you will get the following.
If the Price of an abortion is $500
Abortion Revenue for 2009: 16.76% of total revenue
Abortion Revenue for 2010: 16.98% of total revenue
If the Price of an abortion is $1000
Abortion Revenue for 2009: 33.52% of total revenue
Abortion Revenue for 2010: 33.97% of total revenue
Don't be surprised if this issue is simply an illegal action being hidden by the social outcry of womens rights. Since abortions is a major line of business, not the 3% that is false advertised, the probability that government funds were used inappropriate is high. I wouldn't be surprised if Planned Parenthood is blackmailing the Cure Foundation by stating if we go down (ie lose funding), the Cure Foundation goes down with them.
The Susan G. Komen Foundation would appear to more into ego than reducing breast cancer. Instead of pushing cancer producing Mammography they should be trying to support totally safe thermal imaging. Every mammogram increases a women's odds of getting breast cancer between 1 and 2 %. And then after they get it, they zap them even more and wonder why it comes back!
As to birth control, is the Komen Foundation aware that childless women and those who have a first child after the age of 30, as well as those taking the contraceptive pill or hormone replacement therapy also experience a slight increase in risk to get cancer? With friends like this who needs enemies!
You might want to think about the implications behind that statement for a while...
skeezix06: you might want to rethink about the fact that over 50 million people have not been able to live because of planned parenthood. Babies feel pain starting at 12 weeks. You might want to rethink about the fact that most of those abortions occur at or later than 12 weeks and those babies feel every excrutiating second of that sharp knife cutting them up and being sucked out of the womb into a vaccum. You might want to rethink about the fact that partial birth abortions, permitted by Obama and performed by planned parenthood doctors include DELIVERING A LIVE BABY, stabbing him or her in the head with a pair of scissors, opening the scissors, and vaccuming the brain of the child out. Babies who survive this type of disgusitng act are brought to a vacant room in the clinics or hospitals to die of not being attended to. You might want to rethink about the fact that as an 18 year old, 1/3 of MY generation is not here. I stand up for them, and I am here to stay. With God on OUR side, who in THIS world could EVER stop us?? You rethink about that.
I went to Planned Parenthood to get a yearly check up and birth control.
We did it!
Just shows you how many of us are out there supporting women's health!!!!
The House Republicans who started this made a SERIOUS blunder interfering in women's health issues, ESPECIALLY in an election year.
This backlash is only the beginning; the Right has unintentionally energized women voters, the majority of which vote Democratic.
Republicans clearly have a death wish.
I lost faith in SGK awhile ago - they've become a corporate giant, with skewed motives and a loss of their primary vision. They're more concerned with advertising and name branding than they are curing breast cancer.
There are other highly reputable organizations dedicated to finding a cure for cancer. I'd rather give my money to them than to fund the ubiquitous SGK.